… The free software community tends to look at that through the lens of “How dare they train their AI on our GPL-licensed free software!” Other parts of the community are very concerned about “How dare they train their AI on those pictures of my children!” And another view is: “How dare they train AI… …
… You can use AI to complement the work security people do. A lot of security work is extremely monotonous, and adding AI to the tool set can reduce some of the drudgery. AI is not going to replace security jobs, but it can free up people to look at what’s important. …
… Some of the interesting debates right now around things like AI are not just about engineering but about the use of that technology and the extent to which it should be open. …
… And here in France, they have something called pôle emploi , that is a French government entity that helps unemployed people find jobs. One of the things they do is training for people who want to do reconversion. …
… I sometimes refer to this as the least depressed working class in history because the people who have the skills to be top-notch open source maintainers have the skills and the resumes to get a lot of very good jobs at a lot of very different places. …